HUNDREDS of miners who lost their jobs at Kellingley Colliery - including many from Barnsley - are to receive extra redundancy pay after a tribunal ruled in favour of the NUM.
Barristers representing the union argued that those made redundant since the redundancy notice was made in April 2014 should be entitled to a protective payment of eight weeks at a price of £475 per week.
The case was opposed by UK Coal at a tribunal in Sheffield last month.
The tribunal ruled in the union’s favour, meaning 549 men will now receive a maximum payment of £3,800 less any benefits such as job seekers’ allowance received during the eight week protective payment period.
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